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Worcester Mayors

Levi Lincoln 1848 Born October 25, 1782 Died May 29, 1868

Henri Chapin 1849-50, 1870 Born May 13, 1811 Died October 13, 1878 Elected Mayor, ad interim, by the City Council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870 to fill the vacancy by the decease of James B. Blake.

Peter C. Bacon 1851-52 Born November 11, 1804 Died February 7, 1886

John S. D. Knowlton 1853-54 Born December 1798 Died June 11, 1871

George W. Richardson 1855, 1857 Born 1808 Died June 15, 1886

Isaac Davis 1856, 1858, 1861 Born June 2, 1799 Died April 1, 1883

Alexander H. Bullock 1859 Born March 2, 1816 Died January 17, 1882

William M. Rice 1860 Born March 7, 1826 Died March 1, 1896

P. Emory Aldrich 1862 Born 1813 Died March 4, 1895

D. Waldo Lincoln 1863-64 Born January 16, 1813 Died July 1, 1880

Phineas Ball 1865 Born January 18, 1824 Died December 19, 1894

James B. Blake 1866-70 Born June 19, 1827 Died December 18, 1870 Elected for the sixth time, December 12, 1870. Died six days later.

Edward Earle 1871 Born February 10, 1811 Died May 19, 1877

George F. Verry 1872 Born July 14, 1826 Died October 5, 1883

Clark Jillson 1873, 1875-76 Born April 11, 1825 Died June 5, 1894

Edward L. Davis 1874 Born April 22, 1834 Died March 2, 1912

Charles B. Pratt 1877-79 Born February 14, 1824 Died May 9, 1898

Frank H. Kelley 1880-81 Born September 9, 1827 Died October 25, 1890

Elijah B. Stoddard 1882 Born June 5, 1826 Died September 27, 1903

Samuel E. Hildreth 1883 Born December 8, 1829 Died June 26, 1893

Charles G. Reed 1884-85 Born April 2, 1835 Died November 21, 1899

Samuel Winslow 1886-89 Born February 28, 1827 Died October 21, 1894

Francis A. Harrington 1890-92 Born November 17, 1846 Died August 28, 1922

Henry A. Marsh 1893-95 Born September 7, 1836 Died November 6, 1914

Augustus B.R. Sprague 1896-97 Born March 7, 1827 Died May 17, 1910

Rufus B. Dodge, Jr. 1898-1900 Born November 24, 1861 Died December 13, 1935 By reason of a tie vote for Mayor at the election of December 1900, whereby there was no choice, Rufus B. Dodge, Jr. held the office until February 25, 1901.

Philip J. O’Connell 1901 Born December 18, 1870 Died March 2, 1931

Edward F. Fletcher 1902-03 Born June 17, 1854 Died December 18, 1943

Walter H. Blodgett 1904-05 Born 1850 Died January 6, 1923

John T. Duggan 1906-07 Born October 27, 1855 Died September 5, 1927

James Logan 1908-11 Born May 6, 1852 Died November 30, 1929

David F. O’Connell 1912 Born February 8, 1859 Died August 12, 1923

George M. Wright 1913-16 Born April 12, 1865 Died January 7, 1926

Pehr G. Holmes 1917-19 Born 1881 Died December 19, 1952

Peter F. Sullivan 1920-23 Born June 29, 1871 Died May 21, 1931

Michael J. O’Hara 1924-31 Born 1878 Died February 3, 1946

John C. Mahoney 1932-35 Born 1878 Died July 12, 1946

Walter J. Cookson 1936 Born April 17, 1876 Died June 11, 1936

John S. Sullivan 1936-37 Born December 18, 1975 Died April 12, 1949 Elected October 6, 1936 to fill vacancy caused by the decease of Walter J. Cookson

William A. Bennett 1938-45 Born March 7, 1887 Died September 15, 1970

Charles F. Jeff Sullivan 1946-49 Born October 10, 1904 Died August 24, 1962

Andrew B. Holstrom 1950-53 Born April 10, 1895 Died January 13, 1970

James D. O’Brien 1954-48, 1960-61 Born June 12, 1908 Died June 9, 1965 Resigned January 2, 1959